life cycle

(noun)

The developmental history of an individual or group in society; the course of stages through which a human passes from birth until death.

Related Terms

Examples of life cycle in the following topics:

  • Major Life and Political Events

    • Political socialization takes place throughout the life cycle, but major life or political events can also impact political values.
    • Political socialization takes place throughout the course of a person's life.
    • Initially, studies indicated that the most important factor in forming political values was the life cycle.
    • Later studies have shown that the initial strong effect of the life cycle variable was mitigated by generational effects.
    • Several studies concluded that generational effects (major life events) were distinct from life cycle effects, and that both were significant factors in creating (or not creating) partisanship.

  • Forming Political Values

    • People form political values throughout their life cycle through different agents of political socialization, including family, media, and education.
    • People who have not participated in politics much throughout their life may participate more in retirement.

  • The National Convention

    • From the point of view of the parties, the convention cycle begins with the Call to Convention.
    • For example, defenders of abortion lobbied heavily to remove the Human Life Amendment plank from the 1996 Republican National Convention platform, a move fiercely resisted by conservatives despite the fact that no such amendment had ever come up for debate.

  • Policy Implementation

    • Policy implementation is the fourth phase of the policy cycle in which adopted policies are put into effect.

  • Candidates for Congressional Elections

    • Due to gerrymandering, fewer than 10% of all House seats are contested in each election cycle.
    • Due to gerrymandering, fewer than 10% of all House seats are contested in each election cycle.
    • The big questionof the 2016 congressional election cycle is whether or not the Democratic Party will be able to regain control of the Senate.
    • Describe the relationship between House elections and the Presidential term cycle

  • Congressional Campaign Committees

    • The position of DCCC committee chair was assumed by Rahm Emanuel after the death of the previous chair, Bob Matsui at the end of the 2004 election cycle.
    • For the 2012 election cycle, Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appointed congressman Steve Israel to serve as the committee's chair.

  • Nationalization of the News

    • News operations have begun to feel the burden of needing to generate news content on a 24-hour news cycle, while keeping material fresh on their regularly scheduled newscasts.

  • Oil

    • In the 2006 election cycle, oil companies donated $19 million dollars to campaigns with over 80% of that going to Republican candidates.

  • Hosting Conventions

    • Another formal purpose of presidential nominating conventions is to adopt the rules for a given party's activities, such as the presidential nominating process for the following election cycle.

  • National Convention

    • The formal purpose of such a convention is to select the party's nominee for President, as well as to adopt a statement of party principles and goals known as the platform and adopt the rules for the party's activities, including the presidential nominating process for the next election cycle .
    • From the point of view of the parties, the convention cycle begins with the Call to Convention.